Cotton-stalk cutter.



R. A. & C. F. LEATHERWOOD. COTTON STALK CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1910.

1 ,01 1, 1 28. i Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPII co., WASHINGTON, [L r,

L q a ROY A. LEATHERWOOD AND CHARLES F. LEATHER/WOOD, OF VICTORIA,TEXAS.

COTTON-STALK CUTTER.

Original application filed May 27, 1910, Serial No. 563,719. Divided andthis application filed September To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROY A. LEATHER- woon and CHARLES F. LnArHnRwooD,citi Zens of the United States, residing at Victoria, in the county ofVictoria and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cotton-Stalk Cutters, of which the following is aspecification, being a division of our application filed May 27, 1910,Serial No. 563,719.

This invention relates to corn or cotton stalk cutters and is designedparticularly as an implement of this nature which will readily operateon two row-s of corn or cotton.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in thecombination, construction, and arrangement of parts, all as hereinaftermore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of the corn or cottoncutter constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is aside ele vation thereof.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a hollow beamhaving angularly bent axles 11 mounted at each extremity thereof, saidaxles being provided with the wheels 12. Any suitable means such as thelevers 13, are provided whereby the height of the beam 10 above theground may be adjusted. A pair of longitudinally extending parallel arms14: are mounted on the beam 10 through the inst-rumentality of thebrackets 15, said arms having their rear terminals 16 bent downwardlyand outwardly. A link 17 is pivoted on the forward terminals of each arm14 and have pivotally secured to the free terminals thereof adraft-rigging 18. Carried by the lower terminals of the downwardly andoutwardly extending extremities 16 of the arms are the diverging cuttingknives 19 which are pro- Serial No. 582,058.

vided with the braces 22 interposed between said cutting knives and thecurved portions 16. The cutting knives also have secured thereon theguides 21 which extend rearwardly and vertically against the ground,said guides retaining the knives to a certain extent in contact with thestalks to be out.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that by operating the cutter,forming the subject matter of the present invention, between two rows ofcorn, in as much as the knives 19 are oppositely disposed, the same willoperate upon both rows.

It will be observed that the guide members 21 are located directly inthe rear of the wheels in such a manner that the inner walls of the pathor depression made by the wheel will serve for said guide members 21 torun in. It will also be noted that the machine herein disclosed willperform its cutting action both above and below the surface of theground.

Having thus described our invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a supportingbeam, of wheels mounted on said beam, arms carried by said beam havingtheir rear terminals bent downwardly and outwardly and terminating inthe path of the wheels, vertical guides carried by said terminals in thepath of said wheels, divergent cutting knives secured to said guides,brace members connecting said knives to said arms, and link memberspivotally secured to the forward terminals of said arms and connectingthe latter with a draft rigging, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ROY A. LEATHERVVOOD. CHAS. F. LEATHERVVOOD. Witnesses:

J. P. PooL, HAMP WEAVER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

Patented Dec. 5,1911.

